I'm fucking pissed off at Left 4 Dead 2.
I live in the UK, so the only retailer that was doing the pre-order bonus deal was Game. This gives you early access to the demo, and a baseball bat as an exclusive weapon in the game.
I pre-ordered, but on the day I was supposed to receive an email for my bonus code, I didn't receive the email. I later realized that, because I was using my dad's account on the Game website (to get a bit of a discount because of the reward points), it had his old email account, which wasn't accessible because it was an OLD outlook express email. So I had to email Game and wait another day, big deal right?
So I emailed Game, and explained, and they sent me another email to my address after I had corrected the account information on the Game website. Great! I had the code, I'd been waiting for this game ever since it was announced, and I was ready for the demo! What could possibly ruin this long-awaited moment?
Oh, but whats this? "There is an error with your code".
I kept trying, but no joy. I emailed Game and told them the code did not work. But they said they could not issue me with another code as it is one code per customer, and suggested I contact Microsoft... oh boy.
Thus began a long period of emails and phone calls between Game and Microsoft, because MS confirmed the code is faulty but also said that it was the retailer's responsibility to issue a working code. I told Game this but still no code, and continued my ongoing angry calls between the 2 companies, back and forth...
So I didn't get my early access to the demo, but it became public a week after. However I STILL couldn't play it because the lag made it unplayable. I just could not join a playable game.
I eventually got my L4D2, 2 days after release date, and I still. Haven't. Gone through all the campaigns. I haven't even tried the Versus or other modes. Every time I try I get lag on such a ridiculous scale my character just stands, for minutes, frozen. I'm only able to turn my viewpoint around a paused, laggy world, until I give up or get kicked. I teleport backwards and forwards. I go from full heath to decapitated. I get shouted at or slagged off by impatient idiots when I have already explained that I may get a lot of lag and if so I will leave.
I've only managed to complete the Dead Center campaign. I got through the Dark Carnival until the finale, which we couldn't get through, until we were all disconnected, when everyone just left. Today topped it all off though, when I found a solution online, to not use the dedicated servers but use the local ones. I did, and to my surprise I got an (almost) lag-free game. Until the finale, of course. In which case I began a long and sufferable phase of teleportation that would make Wesker from RE5 envious.
So yeah, I guess you could put me under the "angry" category. This is the game I've been waiting for, even more so than RE: DC, and more than Modern Warfare 2 (although I'm not as fussed about this game as everyone else seems to be), and I can't play it. I'm not interested in single player because this is a multiplayer game. Why is this happening? My other online games work fine. I have played Left 4 Dead non-stop since I got it, with no lag problems. I don't have time to look into my connection, and ring Virgin media AGAIN complaining about the connection and router.
Arrrgh, bring on Christmas, my only ray of happiness!
EDIT: I'm very sorry for how long this post is, I'm sure no one will bother to read my incredibly woeful tale, I kinda just went on and on, even now I'm unnecessarily lengthening it...
